Posted on 05/17/2006 8:24:01 PM PDT by beezdotcom
And a very heavy stout railing.
Perhaps I should wear a leash and harness! ;)
susie
Not that I'm blaming the ship (people are responsible for themselves even drunk, since they choose to drink to excess) but I would think there would be alot of drunk passengers, and I'm surprised they don't have more safety precautions in place. I'm not advocating it myself, but I'm surprised the trial lawyers haven't forced it.
Anyway, thanks to all who told me how easy it is to fall overboard. And, I don't like heights (I don't fly at all--don't like those glass elevators either) so I probably wouldn't be all that close to the edge if it's that far down!
susie
I missed the puking post. That makes perfect sense. Gosh, what a sad way to die. I feel very bad for his family.
susie
Happened twice in my high school when two kids fell to their death while trying to leap to another balcony.
It seems to me that we and the media care an awful lot too much about evolutionary losers. While I don't like drunks, I wish them no harm. But when someone is so drunk that he falls off of a ship, my compassion level doesn't get above a '3.'
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